Interstate '76

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Interstate '76

Developers
	Activision
Engines
	MechWarrior 2
Release dates
Windows	March 28, 1997

Interstate
Interstate '76	1997
Interstate '82	1999
Interstate: Outlaws (unofficial)	2007

Key points

"Servers" source code (Anet) has been open-sourced

Frame rates higher than 30 FPS cause stuttering, physics and enemy AI problems. See High frame rate.

Game uses obsolete protocols/methods for multiplayer. Internet play requires a direct connection to the internet whilst LAN requires an IPX emulator. See Network for workarounds.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

interstate76.com Fan site with tips, tricks and mods.

Local Ditch Gaming Source for tips.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		The Interstate '76 Arsenal edition. Includes both the Nitro Pack expansion and Gold update.

Interstate '76 (base game) Demo is available

Interstate '76 Arsenal Demo is available

Version differences

A later version known as the "Gold Edition" was released which improved the graphics on the original game. It also came fully updated (version 1.2).

Interstate '76 was once bundled with Microsoft's Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro controller line up under the name "Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro Edition" (version 1.06). These copies often were bundled with graphics and computer manufacturer's hardware.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Nitro Pack	DLC is a standalone program and does not require the original game. Also known as Nitro Riders in some territories.

Essential improvements

Patches

You can find updates to the original retail, including the Gold edition patch, here. Note the GOG.com version is fully updated, thus these are unnecessary if purchased from there.
Nitro also has a Patch I & II, though these were only ever beta. Instead use the Unofficial Nitro Patch III.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

input.map for keyboard bindings

input.def and gamekey.def for additional bindings (not changeable through game dialogue)

internet.lst for server list

modem.ini for modem configuration

NSCR.DAT and user.mel for multiplayer configuration

reconfig.spc for car loadout

Save game data location

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System	Location

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

Video settings

Video settings.

High frame rate

Frame rates higher than 30 FPS (24 FPS in some cases actually) cause stuttering, physics and enemy AI problems.

Force a frame cap in your graphics card control panel.

Nitro Pack users can get around this by using the NITRO.EXE-30FPS PATCH.

A similar patch for the base i76 game (GOG.com only) by user immi can be found here.

• Versions of his patch that limit frame rate further can be found here.

Input settings

Input settings.

Enabling force feedback on the Gold Edition

Instructions

Audio settings

Audio settings.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		8	Versus Uses old IPX protocol which is no longer supported on modern Windows. Requires use of IPX emulators such as ipxemu.
Online play		8	Versus Requires a direct internet connection (cannot be behind a router). Can be bypassed by using a tunneling program such as Tunngle. Nitro Pack users can get around this by using the Unofficial Nitro Pack Patch. A similar, though less robust, patch for the base i76 game can be found here.

Issues fixed

Corrupt graphics on Windows Vista and Windows 7

Instructions

Crashes on XP

Open up the file database.mw2 (.tvf in Nitro) in a hex editor and find the last two "RIFF" extensions. Change them to something else, such as "PIFF". Alternatively, download this (or this for Nitro) pre-patched version.

Disable hardware acceleration for audio devices or disable sound in game.

Won't install on 64-bit systems

A German website has a custom installer here. It also includes and installs the patches, up the the Gold Edition.

The setup.exe wont run on 64-bit computers due to the fact that 16-bit compatibility and DOS support was removed from theses versions. Luckily the files on disk are not compresses and can merely be copied over.

Instructions

Textures are "flipped" with other textures in glide mode

This is a bug in some glide wrappers. Reduce the texture memory to 2MB to get around this.

If you are running a real VooDoo card, add the following to a batch file followed by the game's executable:

SET SST_TMUMEM_SIZE=2
nitro.exe

Game crashes after mission 12

Instructions

Unhandled exception error

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D		Launch the game with the "-d3d" parameter.
DirectDraw		Only used for main menu. D3D or Glide are used for actual gameplay.
OpenGL		PowerVR only (MiniGL). Launch the game with the "-powervr" parameter.
Glide	1.0	Requires wrapper, such as nGlide, to work on modern systems. Launch the game with the "-glide" parameter.
Software renderer

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	WinMM	For music only. GOG version uses a wrapper.
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology	Cutscenes remain on disk in the retail version.
Multiplayer	ANET

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 90 MHz	Intel Pentium 133 MHz
System memory (RAM)	16 MB	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	75 MB	130 MB
Video card (GPU)	SVGA 1 MB of VRAM	VooDoo 3DFX or equivalent 2 MB of VRAM

This game has been known to work on Mac and Linux using WINE.